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Respectfully, you said this:

"Its easy to dismiss things when you have a perception bias....."

THEN you said this:

".....people in positions of power who spend their life’s work lying (politicians) ..... stealing other peoples work and getting the credit (high level bureaucrats)....., Professors.....who love to get payed big money to produce research, that is invariably biased....."

And then this:

"It pays to be open minded and vigilant....
most have their own interests at heart, and are easily compromised…."

I think the bias is definitely on both sides of the argument to some degree, but we need to start with solid foundations. Reliable evidence, sound reasoning and honest dialogue is what is required. Anyway, enough about @Skol.....